Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art | Through October 14 Most of our classic children's books are set in the country or magical foreign lands. Keats's work, instead, shows us urban America as we live it — but nudged toward an ideal.

August brings a bounty of seasonal quaffs from New England brewers We're a city that loves its beer — especially if it's local. Even in the dingiest of dive bars, you can get your paws on a Harpoon or Sam. But what about the little guys?

Celebrating the live and times of 101.7 FM, Boston's only true alternative radio station WLYN-FM, a 3000-watt station in Lynn, develops a reputation for breaking new acts and playing New Wave — if you can hear it, though most listeners in Boston can't.

Luscious summer produce becomes lushes' delight in the hands of local mixologists Yes, it's a scorcher — a season when the mere act of stepping into a Green Line station causes instantaneous lakes of perspiration to bloom under your armpits.

Through October 14 + through September 9 ''Marsden Hartley: Soliloquy in Dogtown'' is at the Cape Ann Museum through October 14. Cristi Rinklin's ''Diluvial'' is at the Currier Museum of Art through September 9.

Got a hot scoop for ya — five, in fact. Let these local ice-cream joints restore some chill to your summer swelter Amid strains of Arcade Fire, Toro Y Moi, and other indie-rock stalwarts, Toscanini's production chief Andy Dubyoski churns out between 50 and 60 flavors per month during the broiling summer season.